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Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75....
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NC blocks dues check-off law targeting NCAE
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A trial court judge has blocked from taking effect a state law preventing members of the North Carolina Association of Educators from having their dues removed automatically from paychecks until a lawsuit is heard....
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Car inspection exemption idea rejected by NC panel
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A legislative panel has declined to recommend to the full General Assembly that late-model automobiles be exempted from annual North Carolina safety inspections....
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NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games....
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NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games....
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Former UNC president Friday in critical condition
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday is in critical condition at UNC Hospitals....
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4 children exposed to mercury at Lenoir school
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say four students at a Lenoir elementary school have been taken to the hospital after they were exposed to mercury....
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Theft charges filed against ex-US House candidate
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A former chairman of the University of North Carolina's governing board and two-time Democratic congressional candidate faces criminal charges that he stole more than $2 million from law clients....
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Man killed in Fayetteville home; woman missing
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Police say a man is dead and his girlfriend missing after a shooting in the victim's Fayetteville home....
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NC Legislature returns to work, met by protesters
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The North Carolina Legislature is opening its budget-adjusting session by getting right to work on closing this year's Medicaid shortfall and considering changes to annexation and gambling laws....
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NC bill supports compensation for eugenics victims
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- State legislators have filed a bill recommending that people forcibly sterilized decades ago in North Carolina get $50,000 each....
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NC Chamber wants cuts in unemployment benefits
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's main business booster group wants legislators to cut future unemployment benefits and issue taxpayer-backed bonds to close a debt to the federal government....
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Greenville sex offender facing more charges
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 21-year-old convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping a 7-year-old is now facing more charges....
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Developers propose Wilmington baseball stadium
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A development team has unveiled details of financing for a minor league baseball stadium in Wilmington....
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SC man feds want to deport will get day in court
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- An illegal immigrant from South Carolina that the government wants to deport will get a federal court hearing in his case....
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TVA: Browns Ferry not yet ready for re-inspection
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- TVA says its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, which has been under a federal safety warning for a year, isn't yet ready for an inspection....
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Commander of Fort Bragg and 18th Airborne retires
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- The commander of Fort Bragg and the 18th Airborne Corps says he's not retiring but just moving on to another chapter of his life....
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House fire kills SBI agent in his home
GRANITE FALLS, N.C. (AP) -- An autopsy has been ordered for a State Bureau of Investigation agent who died in a fire at his Caldwell County home....
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NCIS: $2M in stolen military property recovered
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Military authorities have recovered almost $2 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and active-duty Marines and sailors....
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NC session isn't just about budget adjustments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The North Carolina General Assembly gets back to work Wednesday for its budget-adjustment session that also will likely include sensitive topics like gambling, annexation rules and fracking....
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Court in Va. hears NC terror-support appeal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Attorneys for a North Carolina man convicted of supporting a terrorist organization have told an appeals court that he should get a new sentencing hearing....
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NC court: No new trial for man who killed 2 cops
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina appeals court has found that there's no reason to order a new trial for a man convicted of killing two Charlotte police officers responding to a domestic dispute in 2007....
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NC disability rights group files federal complaint
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A disability rights group has filed a federal complaint charging that North Carolina children in private psychiatric facilities did not receive proper educational services....
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Emerald Isle seeks new sales tax to help beaches
EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (AP) -- The town of Emerald Isle wants a new sales tax to help renourish its disappearing beaches....
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Longboat Key police chief dies in motorcycle crash
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (AP) -- Officials in Longboat Key say Police Chief Al Hogle was killed when his motorcycle crashed while he was vacationing in North Carolina. He was 63....
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